Erick Antonio Benitez
New York, NY
Summer 2026 * Art
Works
Millennial Crash Out, 2026, airbrush, charcoal and oil on stretched canvas, 54" x 65” x 2”. Photo credit courstey of Hyacinth Gallery
Unhinged Barbie, 2026, Airbrush and oil on stretched canvas 54” x 40” x 1.5". Photo credit courstey of Hyacinth Gallery
Down & Out , 2026, Airbrush and oil on stretched canvas 60” x 48” x 1.5”. Photo credit courstey of Hyacinth Gallery
Elmo (cave painting 4), 2026, Oil on found stone, 11” x 19”. Photo credit courstey of Hyacinth Gallery
Monks at the Met, 2026, Acrylic and oil on stretched canvas, 59” x 63” x 1.5". Photo credit courstey of Hyacinth Gallery
Untitled (12 drawings), 2026, Chalk pastel on paper, 12" x 9”. Photo credit courstey of Hyacinth Gallery
Caesars Palace , 2026, Acrylic and oil on stretched canvas 42” x 34” x 1.5”. Photo credit courstey of Hyacinth Gallery
Conspirator , 2026, Acrylic and oil on stretched canvas, 30” x 24” x 1.5”. Photo credit courstey of Hyacinth Gallery
Cartesian Doubt, 2026, Oil and video on wood panel, 8” x 10” x 1". Photo credit courstey of Hyacinth Gallery
Pegasus, 2026, Car door, silicone, steel, video, mini amp, transducer speaker, car wrap vinyl, and LED holographic fan, Dimensions variable
Pegasus, 2026, Car door, silicone, steel, video, mini amp, transducer speaker, car wrap vinyl, and LED holographic fan, Dimensions variable
Face of Gawd (Devotion), 2026, Airbrush, oil and video on wood panel, 8 x 10 x 1 in
Installation Views
I Like America and America Likes Me, Hyacinth Gallery, New York City, NY(USA). Photo credit courstey of Hyacinth Gallery
I Like America and America Likes Me, Hyacinth Gallery, New York City, NY(USA). Photo credit courstey of Hyacinth Gallery
time is a flat circle, bitforms gallery, New York City, NY (USA), Photo credit courtesy of bitforms gallery
© Erick Antonio Benitez
About the Artist
Erick Antonio Benitez (b. Bronx, NY) is an interdisciplinary artist, educator and musician based in New York City. They received an MFA in Art + Integrated Media from the California Institute of the Arts in 2023 and a BFA in Painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2014. Benitez has exhibited work at The Baltimore Museum of Art (MD), The Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington (VA), Connor Smith Gallery (DC), bitforms Gallery (NYC), Hyacinth Gallery, (NYC), Untitled Art Fair (Miami, FL), Galerie B-312 (Montreal, QC), La Fábrika (La Libertad, SV), SWAB Art Fair (Barcelona, ES), and Simultan Festival (Timișoara, RO). Their work has been reviewed by ARTnews, Architectural Digest España, BmoreArt, The American Scholar, The Daily Lazy, The Washington Post, Terremoto (MX), Mediana Magazine (SV), and Le Devoir (QC), and has appeared in printed publications including New American Paintings (Issue 154), BmoreArt (Issue 6), and Johns Hopkins: Special Collections. Benitez is the recipient of the inaugural Charles Gaines MFA Fellowship Award, the Janet and Walter Sondheim Award, the Ruby Artist Project Grant in Performing and Media Arts, and the MASB Travel Artist Award, and has participated in residencies at The Studios at MASS MoCA (North Adams, MA), LFBK Residency (La Libertad, SV), and Pigment Sauvage “La Track” Residency (Montreal, QC, Canada). Benitez currently serves as a Lecturer in the Painting/Printing program at the Yale School of Art, as the inaugural AICAD Teaching Fellow.
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